Every legal team wants its lawyers to excel.

Leadership and executive coaching has been common in the business world for years, helping executives and promising executives rise to challenges in their workplaces, succeed at their current levels, and prepare for the next steps in their careers. Today, more and more legal teams also recognize an outside perspective can help attorneys become better—more business savvy, emotionally intelligent, inclusive, goal-oriented, and forward-thinking—team leaders and team members. Coaching can be either proactive (for example, ensuring a lateral partner or recently promoted managing attorney gets off to a good start ) or reactive (for example, responding to an event or crisis in the workplace involving interpersonal skills).

Leadership and executive development offerings for mission critical leaders, rainmakers, and potential next generation leaders include both one-on-one coaching and group training on issues such as:

• Leading with authenticity and values

• Developing an executive presence

• Dealing with “imposter syndrome” and other blocks both internal and external

• Building confidence and trust, both within and with others

• Having difficult conversations with compassion

• Strengthening communication and relationships within multi-generational and diverse workforces

• Smoothing office and client relationships

• Creating a unified, forward-looking professional brand

• Creating and executive business development and client development plans

• Establishing a reputation as a thought-leader

• Finding and networking with potential clients and referral sources

• Delegating to SMEs, junior lawyers, staff, and others

• Building the softs skills to “manage up” and “manage down”

• Improving on-the-job performance

• Adjusting to new and embracing a leadership style, philosophy, or organizational culture

• Setting and achieving goals

• Developing a culture of excellence, innovation, and inclusion

• Championing DEI

• Creating organizational and team culture

• Focusing on practical, actionable advice

• Shifting from individual contributor to manager, and from manager to executive

• Developing a “business-first” mindset, with the role of legal as a business partner, deal facilitator, and revenue enabler—rather than roadblock or cost center

• Giving advice and making decisions in a fast-paced world of imperfect information

• Understanding internal and external business realities, including competitive landscapes and differing risk tolerances

• Balancing business goals and priorities with individual goals and priorities

• Managing and prioritizing scarce resources

• Identifying and partnering with stakeholders

• Seeking out relationships with internal and external clients

• Thinking strategically

How We Help Develop Lawyers

At Bryce Legal, we can help your attorneys thrive as leaders and members of your teams, whether they are senior leaders, next generation leaders, potential rainmakers establishing themselves, or recent additions getting off to a good start. 

Since 2006, we’ve worked with lawyers on developing both the “hard” and “soft” skills necessary to thrive in law practice—whether in law firms, corporate legal departments, government, or non-profits.

We’ll partner with firm leadership (including, as needed, managing partner, general counsel, and practice group leaders) and talent management (including, as needed, CHROs, Chief Talent Officers or Chief Legal Talent Officers, legal hiring directors, attorney professional development directors, and HR teams) to design tailored offerings to meet the needs and realities of even the world’s most prestigious law firms and corporate legal departments.

Our arrangements include:

• Individual coaching (hourly, by package, or on retainer)

• Group coaching (custom pricing according to your needs)

• Group training (custom pricing according to your needs)